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Rubens\'s evolution of the design can be seen in a drawing (private collection) and an oil sketch (Cincinnati, Art Museum), in which the composition of the principal group is refined. It was engraved by Jacob Matham about 1613. The painting inspired a version of the subject by Van Dyck (London, Dulwich Picture Gallery).
Liechtenstein collection by 1700; sold, 1880, and rediscovered in Paris, 1929; bought, 1980.
Rooses 1886-92, I, pp. 143-4, no. 115
Plesters 1983, pp. 30-49
Brown 1983
Brown 1987, p. 18
D\'Hulst 1989, pp. 107-13
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Rooses 1886-92, I, pp. 143-4, no. 115
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Brown 1983
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